Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | July 2026 New CEO at the Langer + Laumann Group The Langer + Laumann Group has a new CEO. The former managing director, Martin Platt, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 1 December 2025 at the age of 58.
Photo: © Bunse-Aufzüge News | July 2026 The Machinery Regulation: Call for Action! As the date of application for the regulation as of 20 January 2027 is approaching, manufacturers and all other stakeholders need to be prepared urgently to comply with the new and revised requirements in a timely fashion.
Photo: © KLST News | July 2026 Three questions to ... Markus Labruier Markus Labruier (54) has been the managing director of Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponente für Aufzüge (KLST) since 1 October 2025. Mition GmbH Mittelstandsbeteiligungen took over the company at the beginning of 2025.
Photo: © LIFTjournal/Dirk Müller/KI-assistiert mit Firefly und ChatGPT News | July 2026 A wedding with strings attached The announcement of Kone’s takeover of TK Elevator has sent shockwaves through the industry. Suddenly, there is talk of a new mega-conglomerate, a potential shift in power within the service sector, and the fact that the wave of consolidation has now reached the Big Four themselves.
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Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | March 2024 L&L package optimised for Thyssen VF08 Langer & Laumann has optimised the drive, drive pinion and deflection pulley for the Thyssen VF08 package.
Photo: © Lift & Escalator Symposium Trust News | March 2024 Symposium: Call for Papers The 15th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies will be held on 18-19 September 2024. Abstract submission deadline is 31 March 2024.
Photo: © Wittur News | March 2024 Wittur appoints new CEO Wittur appoints Udo Aull as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Udo Aull succeeds Tom Stephenson, who will step down after more than 3.5 years as CEO.
Photo: © privat News | March 2024 Ziehl-Abegg recruits manager from Kuka Wolfgang Mayer (50) has been the new technology director at Ziehl-Abegg since February. The graduate engineer had previously been employed for 27 years at Kuka, a provider of intelligent robotics, plant and system technology.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | March 2024 TK Elevator: Sales growth in service and modernisation In its third full financial year of independence, the sales of TK Elevator rose FX-adjusted by 6 percent to €8.9 billion.
Photo: © WhitneyLewisPhotography/iStock.com News | March 2024 The Safety of older lifts in Sweden During autumn 2023, the Swedish government decided on new legal requirements aimed at improving the safety of older lifts.
Photo: © Next Group News | February 2024 Growth in members at Next Group Last year, the Next Group succeeded in adding seven new members from Australia, Germany, Sweden and Turkey, as reported by Volker Hager (Hydroware) at the Annual General Meeting at the end of November.
Photo: © rdonar/123RF.com News | February 2024 Rising interest rates, renovation compulsion and the lift sector Currently, we have a situation in the real estate sector that has not existed in recent years and decades. ...
Photo: © LIFTjournal / Bernd Lorenz News | February 2024 LIFTjournal: New member in the editorial advisory board Boris Marjancevic joined the nine-member advisory board of the LIFTjournal at the beginning of the year.
